Using ProductRepository to seed products

gciliberti

Hello,
I'm trying to build a custom seeder that seeds configurable products, however I can't get it to work when I'm adding the "super_attributes" array inside the $data needed by the repository.

$attributes = [
            'type' => 'configurable',
            'attribute_family_id' => '3',
            'sku' => $card->CA_COMPTEUR,
            'super_attributes' => array(
                'color' => array(
                    0 => 1,
                    1 => 2,
                    2 => 3,
                ),
                'print_support' => array(
                    0 => 11,
                    1 => 12,
                ),
                'print_size' => array(
                    0 => 13,
                    1 => 14,
                    2 => 15,
                    3 => 16,
                )
            ),
            'family' => '3'
        ];


        $product = app(ProductRepository::class)->create($attributes);

I'm getting an array to string conversion error. I don't understand because when I'm duping the data sent from the backoffice this is the exact same array. What am I doing wrong ?
When I'm deleting the "super_attributes" array from the data this work perfectly but then I can't have the variants.

Have a nice day !

devansh-webkul

Hi @gciliberti,

Can you share the full error or screenshot because the array looks fine to me?

gciliberti

@gciliberti said in Using ProductRepository to seed products:

I get this error when i come to create() function of the Configurable type, to me the array look fine, I'm sending exactly the same thing as the backoffice. Maybe calling the repository from a seeder is the issue ?

        $product = $this->productRepository->getModel()->create($data);

^
The bug is produced by this line in the configurable type.

I'm stuck on this issue for several hours and I can't find a solution, I'm desperate.

Can i get around this by using the product factory ? Will it create the variants for me like the repository can do ?

Thank you a lot !

gciliberti

I found the solution !
Laravel allow us to bypass $fillable property from the model when using a seeder, in my case I didn't want it.
I simply had to use

Model::reguard();

and it worked !